Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • <b>Meatballs</b>
  • 55g pecorino, finely grated
  • 500g beef mince
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 small red onion, finely diced
  • <b>Pasta</b>
  • 250g spaghetti
  • 140g pecorino, finely grated
  • 140g parmesan, finely grated
  • 3 tbsp extra cheese (both) to serve
  • freshly cracked pepper to serve

Instruction

  • <p>1. Preheat oven to 180C.</p> <p>2. Add the meatball ingredients to a bowl and using your hands, massage to combine. Roll the mixture into meatballs, about the size of golf balls. Add one tablespoon of olive oil to a large ovenproof frypan (roughly 32cm diameter) and cook the meatballs in batches until browned on the outside. Transfer the meatballs to a plate and set the frypan aside.</p> <p>3. In a separate pot, boil the pasta for two minutes less than specified on the packet. Strain the pasta, reserving 1½ cups of the starchy cooking water.</p> <p>4. Working quickly, add the cooked pasta and the starchy water to the frypan and sprinkle over the cheese so that it melts. Give the pan a good shake and using tongs, gently toss to coat the spaghetti with the cheese and water. Top with the meatballs – don't panic, the sauce will seem quite watery.</p> <p>5. Place the frypan in the oven and cook for 10 to 15 minutes. Check regularly after the 10-minute mark – you want the sauce to have thickened and reduced to the consistency of cream, the meatballs to have cooked through, and the pasta to be covered in sauce with a few bits taking on the glorious crunch that comes with a bit of time in the oven.</p> <p>6. To serve, sprinkle over the remaining cheese and generously season with pepper.</p> <p><a href="make-a-meal-of-meatballs-with-these-traybakes-20190514-h1eeem" target="_blank">More meatball traybakes</a></p>